FACTBOX - Nations Pledge Aid After Asia Disaster
Date: 29-Dec-04
Country: UK
The following is a list of contributions pledged, compiled from reports by Reuters bureaux and United Nations agencies.
AUSTRALIA: Four air force transport planes with supplies and medical specialists sent to Sumatra. $7.6 million committed to international relief effort. Two 15-member emergency medical teams and 12-strong team of police bound for Phuket.
AUSTRIA: Pledged 1 million euros ($1.36 million) in aid to the countries hit.
BELGIUM: Belgian military plane due to stop at Dubai to load most of its cargo; UNICEF aid such as tents, vaccines.
BRITAIN: Plastic sheets and tents worth 250,000 pounds ($481,500) sent to Sri Lanka. Giving 370,000 pounds to EU aid effort and $100,000 to World Health Organisation.
CANADA: Initial contribution of 1 million Canadian dollars ($814,300) to appeal for some $6.5 million by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
CHINA: Offering 21.6 million yuan ($2.6 million) of aid to India, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Maldives.
CZECH REPUBLIC: A plane sent to Sri Lanka with drinking water. Officials said aid worth $444,400 would be sent.
DENMARK - A UNICEF flight from Copenhagen with 45 tonnes of supplies, including oral rehydration salts and medical supplies to serve 150,000 people for three months. 10 million crowns ($1.82 million) put aside quick relief.
EUROPEAN UNION: Ready to release up to 30 million euros on top of 3 million euros already allocated to IFRC.
FINLAND: Pledged 500,000 euros of aid to the IFRC. Local aid organisations contribute another 75,000 euros. The Finnish Red Cross has sent a field hospital with 15 staff to Sri Lanka.
FRANCE: Foreign Minister Michel Barnier in Sri Lanka, to go to Thailand on Wednesday. 100,000 euros earmarked, 16 rescuers sent to Thailand and 10 tonnes aid to Sri Lanka.
GERMANY: Germany doubling its emergency aid to 2 million euros. German air force medical evacuation plane to set off for Phuket and two more planes chartered to take disaster relief teams, medicines and consular officials there. Germany's largest utility E.ON to donate 1 million euros.
GREECE: Offered Sri Lanka medical assistance, with 17 doctors and staff.
ISRAEL: Medical team sent to Sri Lanka and another to Thailand. Military search and rescue team due in Sri Lanka held up by coordination problems.
ITALY: Two Hercules aircraft to be sent, one to Sri Lanka, one to Thailand.
JAPAN: Some $30 million in aid pledged and three navy vessels sent to Thailand to help rescue survivors.
KUWAIT: Aid supplies worth $2 million pledged and $100,000 immediate aid sent.
NETHERLANDS: Contributing 2 million euros to Red Cross-Red Crescent appeal, plus participating in EU aid programme.
POLAND: Government earmarked 1 million zlotys ($336,100) for Polish NGOs involved in relief.
SAUDI ARABIA: Pledged a $10 million aid package, $5 million of food, tents and medicine to be distributed via the Saudi Red Crescent, and $5 million for international aid groups such as the Red Cross and UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
SINGAPORE: Contributing some $1.2 million to global effort, military medical teams and supplies ready to fly to Indonesia.
SPAIN: Sent airplane with first aid, sanitary equipment and 19 volunteers to Sri Lanka. One million euros promised.
SWEDEN: Two communications specialists sent to help UN relief efforts in Sri Lanka. Sending tents and communications equipment to the Maldives. Swedish Red Cross to contribute $750,000 to IFRC appeal.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Pledged $2 million in aid and its Red Crescent society will donate 30 tonnes of food, blankets and clothing to earthquake victims to be transported over this week.
UNITED STATES: Pledged initial $35 million. Pentagon ordered 12 vessels to region, although no decision made on their role.
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS: A cargo plane flying from Kenya to Sri Lanka carry
